Pagara

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Pagara
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pagara
Walker, 1856
Species:
P. simplex
Binomial name
Pagara simplex
Walker, 1856
Synonyms

Generic

  • ComaclaWalker, [1865]
  • VanessodesGrote & Robinson, 1870

Specific

  • Comacla murinaWalker, [1865]
  • Vanessodes clarusGrote & Robinson, 1870
  • Ameria texanaFrench, 1889

Pagara is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Pagara simplex, the mouse-colored lichen moth, is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee. Both the genus and species were described by Francis Walker in 1856. [1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing year round in the southern part of the range. [2]

Former species

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Pagara simplex Walker, 1856". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  2. "930396.00 – 8099 – Pagara simplex – Mouse-colored Lichen Moth – Walker, 1856". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved September 22, 2019.